Library Resource Spotlight: Access World News
From here on out, I will be posting a weekly(ish) series that highlights a particular library resource. I’m going to choose resources that I think you might want to know about, but if at any time you want to submit a resource for me to highlight, please do!
Access World News (Newsbank)
What is it?
Access World News is a library database that searches many different newspapers from North America, and around the world.
What’s in it?
Full text articles from many major newspapers, such as the New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer (found under the “major newspapers” section), as well as a lot of smaller local papers from cities and towns across the country. Coverage also includes many regions around the globe, including the Middle East, South America, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia.
Three reasons to use Access World News
- Many newspapers do not offer their content online for free (the New York Times is an example), and they may or may not maintain accessible archives of their material online. Because the library has purchased access to their content, you can get it for free through the database, and you can get articles that are new, old, or in between.
- There is power in searching for newspaper articles through Access World News. a) You can search for information about a topic across many different newspapers at once (e.g. how do newspapers in Texas cover immigration as opposed to newspapers in, say, Pennsylvania?); b) You can search according to terms and conditions that you apply – and know that there is content to back it up (I only want articles from the past 6 months from 3 specific newspapers) Most web sites only offer one search box without the ability to add special conditions; c) The information can be saved, cited, and sent to yourself to access at a later date.
- It’s very rare that we read something – particularly a work like Outliers – and do not begin making connections between what we read and what is happening in the “real world.” Newspapers are a wonderful bridge between these two rhetorical worlds.
How do I get to it?
Go to the University Libraries Home Page. Once there, you can get a complete list of the library databases under the Research Menu (Research > Databases). They’re in alphabetical order, so Access World News is near the top, but you can also click on any letter of the alphabet to navigate to that part of the list.
How do I get started?
How do I send/cite stuff I need?
Click on any article you are interested in and use the Email, Print, and Bibliography links accordingly. NOTE OF CAUTION: Send anything you need to yourself before you close the browser window. This database does not save your information from session to session, so once you close it, it’s gone.
Questions?
Just ask. Happy searching!
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